A web-based e-learning system for increasing study efficiency by stimulating learner’s motivation

Abstract

Due to the opportunities provided by the Internet, more and more people are taking advantage of distance learning courses and during the last few years enormous research efforts have been dedicated to the development of distance learning systems. So far, many e-learning systems are proposed and used practically. However, in these systems the e-learning completion rate is about 30%. One of the reasons is the low study desire when the learner studies the learning materials. In this research, we propose an interactive Web-based e-learning system. The purpose of our system is to increase the e-learning completion rate by stimulating learner's motivation. The proposed system has three subsystems: the learning subsystem, learner support subsystem, and teacher support subsystem. The learning subsystem improves the learner's study desire. The learner support subsystem supports the learner during the study, and the teacher support subsystem supports the teacher to get the learner's study state. To evaluate the proposed system, we developed several experiments and surveys. By using new features such as: display of learner's study history, change of interface color, encourage function, ranking function, self-determination of the study materials, and grouping of learners, the proposed system can increase the learning efficiency.

Comparing e-Learning tools’ success: The case of instructor–student interactive vs. self-paced tools

“…Furthermore, given the intricacy involved in students' e-learning activities, factors such as students' learning styles, nature of the studied subject, motivation (Durresi and de Marco, 2006;Pudichery, 2003;Matsuo et al 2008), fluid intelligence (Barton, 1999), working memory (van Merrienboer and Ayres, 2005;Medina, 2008), spatial ability (Hannafin, et al 2008;Duesbury and O'Neil, 1996), and instructors' teaching philosophy may all potentially account for the variance of learner's satisfaction of using e-learning tools. Instead of measuring learning outcome as perceived grade increment after using an e-learning tool, future studies should also consider actual learning performance as more objective measure (Alavi, Yoo, & Vogel, 1997;Leidner & Fuller, 1997;Piccoli et al, 2001;Vogel, Davison, & Shroff, 2001).…”

Implementation and Design of New Functions for a Web-Based E-learning System to Stimulate Learners Motivation

“…In order to offer a suitable and efficient study for learners, in our previous work [10], we proposed a Web-based distance learning system in order to increase learner's efficiency. The proposed system has three subsystems: learning subsystem, learner supporting subsystem and teacher supporting subsystem.…”

Experimental Results and Evaluation of SmartBox Stimulation Device in a P2P E-learning System

“…Therefore, it is very important to stimulate learner's motivation during the study. In our previous works [16,17], we proposed an agent based distance learning system to deliver appropriate studying materials to learners and stimulate learner's motivation.…”